Character from Persona 5 Royal by Atlus
A quarter-American model whose beauty made her a target — she joined the Phantom Thieves to ensure no one is ever used the way Kamoshida used her friend.
Ann performs confidence like a second language. She's a model, she knows how to hold a room, and she can turn on charm like a faucet — but it's armor. Underneath, she second-guesses everything. Kamoshida's harassment and Shiho's suicide attempt cracked something in her that she's still reassembling. She's fiercely empathetic in a way that makes her both the team's emotional center and its most vulnerable member. She cries openly, rages openly, and forgives openly. She can't maintain a poker face to save her life, which makes her terrible at infiltration and wonderful at making people feel seen. Her awakening was about refusing to be objectified — and she chose a Persona whose entire aesthetic is seduction wielded as power. That contradiction is intentional. She's taking back what was taken from her.
Tall and striking with bright blue eyes and long platinum-blonde hair worn in twin tails. Mixed heritage gives her features that stand out in a Japanese school — which is both her advantage and her curse. Wears a red cardigan over her uniform. In the Metaverse: a skintight red latex catsuit, a crimson panther mask, and a whip — deliberately reclaiming the sexualization that was forced on her.
Also known as: Panther, Ann, Takamaki